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• 1964 micro manual!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Walker
  Sat, 21 Jan 95 06:36:15 EST
  ...In Winter You will probably appreciate the air cooling and the heating of your vehical. You may leave you car out in the bitter...
• Stupid Electrical error
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Thu, 7 Apr 1994 10:27:40 -0500 (CDT)
  ...The dash lights that are connected to the printed circuit foil don't work, but the one connected to the heating controls works. The...
• Parts Identification Help
  Historical mailing list - Andrew, Bob
  Fri, 5 Jun 1998 09:05:35 +0100
  ...This van is not converted and has no heating system other than in the cab as far as I am aware. thanks R Andrews
• Jetta parts FS (no Vanagon content).
  Historical mailing list - VWRuss
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 07:27:12 -0500
  ...I am keeping the fuel system from the filler to the injectors, the air intake system including the intake manifold, the pre-heating system...
• Re: NVC: What is inside of a Radiator??
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 4 May 2003 09:42:14 -0400
  ...and it stank like heating oil, or some other nasty petroleum product. Now that got me to thinking... what is in a radiator anyway...
• Re: Bleeding Coolant on a 2.1L syncro
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:19:37 -0500
  ...Max heating set fan on #2. If still poor heat, you most likely need to change or at least clean the heater core. The...
• Re: 87 Vanagon Engine Overheating problems
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 15:58:17 -0400
  ...In order to maintain engine temperature to its upper limit, the radiator fan and the heating system have to be running and on all...
• Re: Rt.Hand Drive Vanagon question
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Mon, 19 Feb 2007 06:46:22 -0700
  ...space to house >the radiator spray fluid for times of over heating. >Thanks for clarification on this idea. > > David Etter (dsl82westy) > > >David, > >I had...
• Re: "Axle" wheel nut removal..now how to pull drum
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:26:01 -0800
  ...I also tried gently heating > the area around the hub (where it is apparantly stuck) with a propane > torch. > > I've only spent a...
• Re: novel solar shower spotted
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:29:29 -0700
  ...The clear chamber is critical for heating the water....the water will not heat up much if you used just a black pipe. The...
• Re: Such a splendid waste of time
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:02:32 -0800
  GoWesty does a pretty good job of trying to explain heating and ventilation controls. http://www.gowesty.com/library_article.php?id=311 Actually...
• Missing Exhaust bolts
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 11:29:26 -0700
  ...What do you think? Was I careless, or was the heating and cooling cycle on a new exhaust system enough to loosen the bolts...
• Re: Cooling System Pressure Test Protocol
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 24 Mar 2002 22:34:59 -0600
  ...If I remember correctly, sometime in the past there was a discussion about some thermostats not fitting properly and causing heating problems. This is...
• Re: Loss of power - super hot muffler
  Historical mailing list - PNC Allen
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 15:07:37 -0500
  green wire for heating the sensor? there is a two connect and a single connect. total three wires. one is green. -----Original Message----- From...
• Re: running hot....any ideas?
  Historical mailing list - rsf
  Fri, 3 Feb 2006 00:35:30 -0500
  ...Thermostat closed 100% shut Bad water pump (just happened to my jeep, no noise but not 100% efficient so was over heating) Shawn -----Original...
• Re: Amish and polution
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 25 Feb 2000 02:06:58 -0500
  ...Ditto heating with wood -- the particulate emissions are astounding. Woodstoves these days tend to have some sort of catalytic converter on them, which helps...
• Great Vanagon Alternative
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 27 Dec 2023 00:30:11 +0000
  ...in summer; and I've got a Mr Heater Buddy for heating in Winter.  And yes, it's a Tintop...with huge bed...the...
• Re: Coolant Low Level Light Useful?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:31:00 -0400
  ...could pull over in time to prevent the engine from over heating? (assuming there's somewhere safe nearby to pull over) I realize my...
• RE: heaters and propane
  Historical mailing list - Clark M. Carr
  04 Jan 96 09:52:35 EST
  ...At this output rating a gallon of LP will provide 17 hours of continuous heating. Since we don't really run it during the...
• Re: Cold defrost/warm heat 1.9wbx
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 17 Jan 2000 10:16:01 -0400
  ...Malcolm Sharon wrote: > On a long highway run last night the heating system behaved strangely. It > was very cold outside, -20c or about -4f...
• Re: What is under my bench?
  Historical mailing list - shawn luft
  Mon, 21 Apr 2003 09:01:28 -0400
  ...The fan switch is to > the left of your heating/cooling levers on the dash. The lever on the > side truns the heat on...
• Re: Nvc-but maybe future vans-pretty please VW
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 1 Jan 2005 22:00:03 -0700
  ...Fahrerschwingsitz, adjustable arm rests or the seat heating for example. With as much you feel LT comfort not only on the way home as...
• Re: Fridge Burner box
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:56:28 -0400
  ...At a certain point it condenses, and returns back to the place where the heating element is again. On Aug 27, 2012, at 7...
• Re: O2 sensor in gutted cat question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:44:21 -0400
  ...this also begs the question of just well does the electrical heating circuit in the O2 sensor works. so what are you opinions? anyone...
• Still Smell Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Jim Meade
  Fri, 6 Oct 1995 05:56:34 -0500 (CDT)
  Those of you who have endured my questions on leaks in the heating system might be interested to know that my 85 camper sprung...
• exhaust repair/smashed my pipe
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Fri, 12 Apr 1996 14:08:23 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I am considering heating it up with a methacetalyne (spelling?) torch to make it soft and then trying to pull it apart again. There...
• Re: Survey--shower mod
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 1 Feb 2001 12:19:49 -0800
  ...Seems like it would hold a lot of water > (if properly adapted), would take full on sun for heating, and be conviently > tapped for...
• Re: AC
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Tue, 3 Jul 2001 18:53:48 -0700
  ...impossible. > >A buddy of mine in Kentucky, who is in the heating and air conditioning >business, turned me on to it, and it works...
• Re: cabinet trim on '87 westy...
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 21 Oct 2002 16:55:38 -0300
  ...Folks try heating the trim by: 1) oven, 2) boiling water, 3) heat gun (hair dryer type). If you try the oven, you will...
• Re: rusty brake bleed screws
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 7 Oct 2004 00:45:40 EDT
  ...the screw and the caliper body will slow the heat transfer into the caliper, but still, don't linger on the heating cycle. George
• Re: Very cold 2.1l groans in complaint
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 15:31:25 +0000
  ...or just the normeal sound of an > old, cold > engine? > > My heating oil ran out overnight as well. The house was 46F > inside. So...
• Re: Who wants to play "Guess that part!"
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:48:21 -0700
  ...pretty > sure also it's in the front heating unit. But there is so many of those > on the van!!!! cheater!!! > > :-) > Ben > > neil wrote...
• Re: Botched Coolant Flush Implications?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:13:08 -0700
  ...After I opened the heater valve 100% for a few miles, > the heater function seemed to be restored, providing well modulated heating > over the...
• Re: Wasserboxer cooling (was:Re: aftermarket instrumentatio
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Jul 1996 08:42:53 -0600
  ...When the cooling fan doesn't go on when it should, you get over heating (incidently, this was true with the GTIs/Jettas as...
• Re: Winters in the van...
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 16 Nov 2002 08:09:20 -0500
  ...Then duct your heating conduit up, under, >around and/or next to the bed -- maybe even out into the floor of the >cabin? As...
• Re: Cool Tool for Rusty Nuts, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 9 Nov 2013 16:20:29 -0500
  ...Cool Tool for Rusty Nuts, etc. > > My Snap-On man just gave me a demo of this inductive heating tool for > loosening frozen nuts...
• Re: Cool Tool for Rusty Nuts, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 9 Nov 2013 17:50:02 -0800
  ...My Snap-On man just gave me a demo of this inductive heating tool for loosening frozen nuts. Pretty cool (hot?). http://www.theinductor...
• AC in Air-Cld vs Water-Cld, Opinions Please!
  Historical mailing list - Christopher M. Smith
  Mon, 30 Jun 1997 06:37:04 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Air-Conditioning and our Beloved VW's I have an 86' Westy with AC that doesn't appear to affect performance, over-heating, etc...
• RE: Vanagon temperature problem(new thremostat)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 Aug 97 02:06:21 UT
  ...By the way, if you are heating in traffic, a lower temp t-stat will do nothing for you. The problem is lack of...
• Re: bleed valve in engine compartment?
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Fri, 5 Jun 1998 10:17:34 -0700
  ...Bloss wrote: > Our '87 has been heating up to the point of the fan kicking in much > too early lately and I suspect an...
• T25 heating system now works :-)
  Historical mailing list - Phil Marston
  Wed, 19 Jan 2000 09:29:16 -0000
  Hi All, Managed to get some second hand parts to complete the cooling system from the fan to the heat exchangers on my 1600...
• Re: rear end of van hotter than surface of sun-UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Philip Jones
  Mon, 11 Jun 2001 14:46:39 EDT
  ...The way I tested it was to unplug the signal wire from the sensor (the single wire), leaving the heating wire/ground (the double...
• Rebuild? was: Model/year recommandation
  Historical mailing list - Rob S.
  Thu, 9 Oct 2003 01:57:40 -0400
  ...the > waterboxer (water-cooled) has inherent heating problems, as most the > posts > on this list indicate. an air-cooled vanagon in reasonable shape with...
• Re: Exhaust studs
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:25:10 +0000
  ...Will heating the bolts with just a propane torch loosen the stubborn bolts or should I have the neighborhood welder hit them with the...
• Re: 12v programmable timer
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 25 Nov 2013 21:12:57 -0500
  ...Better yet the heating/AC thermostat does not have a clock like the home units. Maybe I can use it for that. Dennis -----Original...
• Re: Bus Depot Sucks
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 21:21:10 EST
  ...wiring. > >this is an auxilliary heater, works independant of your stock heating > system. > > has a preset timer too. no need for aux fuel, at...
• Re: VW is #1 - NVC
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:36:15 -0400
  ...It is almost like comparing heating a house with fuel oil as compared to natural gas. The H2 will burn more fuel per mile...
• Re: battery question
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Tue, 26 Aug 2014 05:51:58 -0700
  ...It takes at least 30 minutes of heating before the complex cycle reaches a state where it will start cooling the fins, and if...
• Re: External Heat System for Vans
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 15 Dec 2002 15:08:46 -0600
  ...External Heat System for Vans > > Just doing some Sunday morning musings about heating and cooling the > interiors of the various Vanagon configurations. > > Someone has...
• Re: 86 Vanagon wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:38:50 -0700
  ...It's not like it's a metal-bodied device and one side might be grounded in the device - it's just a heating...
• Re: Keeping your van dry inside in a damp climate
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Sun, 9 Jan 2011 16:49:22 -0800
  ...has to be left outside. > | > |I have a small boat dehumidifier (heating element and fan that you plug > |into 110v) > |Any other ideas? > | > |Todd...
• Re: Ball Joint removal.
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:00:13 -0500
  ...Do I just keep beating up on it from the bottom? Does > heating the metal around it help? Any comment would be highly appreciated...
• Re: Solar Panel Mount -Flexible Panels?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sun, 2 May 2010 15:37:40 -0700
  ...Vanagon won't be able to support the power that electric heating requires. A gallon of propane packs 90,000 btu. Discharging a 100...
• Re: 1 cooling system info request, 2 questions
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 7 Sep 2004 12:28:03 -0700
  ...along the metal coolant pipes part of the cooling or the heating system? I'm not sure I am interpreting the diagrams right, and...
• Re: grey vinyl beltline decal stripe
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 14:17:49 -0500
  ...to have your fingers down by the decal as you are heating it - if > your fingers are getting too hot, then the surface is...
• Re: Temp gauge label explanation?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 23 May 2005 20:14:04 -0400
  ...I presume that if it swings more to the right then we are heating up. There is nothing on the right to indicate "Help...
• =?utf-8?Q?Don't=20wanna=20go!!?=
  Historical mailing list - =?utf-8?Q?C=20Snyder=20?=
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 00:11:17 -0400
  ...No over heating issues. any ideas are appreciated as it is a little unsafe with it behaving this way. Thanks in advance for any...
• Re: Dometic + related Electical Questions -- searched archives
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:21:38 -0400
  ...Not certain what it's for but It appears to fuse the > thermal switch for refer fan and 12V heating element via the fridge...
• Re: bought a smoker's car (LVC)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:30:34 -0700
  ...Any tips on getting > the smell of America's finest tobacco out of one's heating system? I > bought an '88 Subaru wagon for...
• Re: [OT] Efficiency of electric heaters?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Mon, 9 Dec 2013 11:35:58 -0500
  ...doesn't matter whether the heating elements are fifteen > one-hundred Watt light bulbs, or whether the heating elements are put in > an oil...